Johnson, Susan Arabella Kennerly, letter Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter MSS 16061

Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter MSS 16061

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Ellen Welch

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 16061

Title

Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter 1863

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/268

Quantity

0.03 Cubic Feet, One folder in legal document box BW 3.

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16061, Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter, Small Special Collections Library University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from The Book Broker by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on November 11, 2015

Susan Arabella "Belle" Kennerly Johnson, wife of the Reverend Blassingame Harvey Johnson and daughter of Reverend Samuel Kennerly. Reverend Johnson was a Confederate supporter and Methodist Circuit Rider for Eastern Virginia during the war.

Scope and Contents

Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter to her aunt, .03 cubic feet, 1863, about a raid by the 1st Virginia Cavalry, Company E, in which two of her brothers, John Thomas Kennerly (1837-1882) and James William (Willie) Kennerly (1843-?) participated with Fitzhugh Lee. She also mentions that two of her father's (the Reverend Samuel Kennerly) slaves were sent to Richmond to work on earthen defenses.